A New Religion Arises in Arabia

A New Religion Arises in Arabia

by Tracy Duncan

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What do we call people that follow the Islamic religion?

• Christians

• Muslims

• Arabs

• Roman

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Where did Islam originate?

• Arabian peninsula
• China
• North Africa
• India

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What spread with Islam?

• Muhammad
• Arabic language
• political unity
• slavery

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Where did Islam have its origin?

• Islam first emerged in Mecca, a city in Arabia in the Middle East.
• Canaan, later called the Land of Israel
• Judea, it had once been a part of the ancient Kingdom of Israel
• Egypt, near the ancient pyramids

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What is the Qu'ran?

• The Muslim holy book, which contains the word of God as revealed to Muhammad.
• The daily prayer all Muslims must say five times a day.
• The Muslim house of worship that they attend every week.
• The holiest of Muslim holidays where they fast from sunup to sundown.

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The man who is considered the prophet who founded Islam is -

• Muhammad
• Jesus
• Allah
• Adam

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Muhammad received visions from ________, which commanded him to spread the message of Islam and create the Qur'an.

• Allah
• Brahmin
• Osama

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The Muslim holy book is called the -

• Qur'an
• Torah
• Bible

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True or False: Muslims do not believe Jesus was a prophet.

• True
• False

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1.  After the death of Muhammad, what led to the split between the Sunni and Shia? 

• They could not agree on who should become leader.
• They could not agree if they were allowed to eat pork.
• They could not agree on how many times they should pray each day.
• They could not agree on how to make Greek fire.

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The two major cities where Islam began are -

• Mecca & Medina
• Palestine & Jerusalem
• Israel & Syria

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Muslims beliefs are centered around the -

• Five Pillars
• Eightfold Path
• Ramadan

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One of the Five Pillars of Faith is prayer ______ times daily facing Mecca.

• 1
• 10
• 3
• 5

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One of the Five Pillars of Faith is give money to the ________.

• church
• poor
• true believers
• descendants of Muhammad

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One of the Five Pillars of Faith is to take a pilgrimage to Mecca, which is called a ______.

• hajj
• medina
• Ramadan
• Muhammad's walk

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-Faith

-Prayer

-Charity

-Fasting

-Pilgrimage

What is being described?

• Eightfold Path

• Five Pillars of Islam

• Four Nobel Truths

• Ten Commandments

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Why do geographers refer to the Arabian Peninsula as a "crossroads" location?

• It is a vast desert that is occupied by few people

• It is an intersection of trade routes between three continents

• It is located between two major rivers

• It straddles the Bosporus Strait

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What is the holy month of Islam called?

• Qur'an

• Ramadan

• Hajj

• Zakat

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What does Allah mean?

• Muhammad

• It is a pillar of Islam

• It is a Muslim Achievement

• It is the Arabic word for God

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What country is Mecca (the holy city of Islam) in?

• China

• Italy

• Arabia

• India

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How many times a day do Muslims pray?

• 2

• 5

• 1

• 3

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What is a mosque?

• A site of encounter

• A location in Arabia

• A Muslim place of worship

• A church

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Who is the prophet or founder of Islam?

• Jesus

• Muhammad

• Moses

• Agustus

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What does the diagram show?

• The Silk Road

• The Hajj

• The way to Disneyland

• Baja 1000 race course

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The Sunni vs Shi'ite division within Islam occurred because of a disagreement about

• Who should succeed Muhammad after his death

• Where the capital of Islam should be

• Whether or not Jews and Christians should be welcomed

• Whether or not the religion should use icons

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Where do Muslim's worship?

• Church

• Synagogue

• Mosque

• Temple